Legal Opinion
State v. Sivak
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1990No. 17797PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
This is a death penalty case that has been the subject of two prior appeals to this Court. State v. Sivak, 105 Idaho 900, 674 P.2d 396 (1983) (Sivak I) and Sivak v. State, 112 Idaho 197, 731 P.2d 192 (1986) (Sivak II). In Sivak I, this Court upheld both of Sivak’s convictions for first degree murder and the death sentence imposed by the trial court. In Sivak II, this Court vacated the trial court’s death penalty sentence and remanded the case for resentencing. Following the remand in Sivak II, the trial court again sentenced Sivak to death.
Because we conclude that the trial…
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